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In 2013, Annie Mitova started a unique personal project called: “KADE – Fairytales From The Enchanted Kingdom”. Initially it all seemed like one crazy and impossible idea: Annie wanted to create a series of beautiful and meaningful stories with her portraits, but she had no experience, no professional equipment, no budget, no experienced models, and all of her models were children ages 2-12. She also had no makeup artists, no hairstylists and no assistants on any of her shoots. During this project Annie planned, organized, researched, designed, photographed, post processed, fully styled, built props and full studio sets, all by herself, while also doing commission work in order to be able to finance her project.

Consider outdoor playtime a rare activity for 21st century children. Now, everyone has their eyes glued on LED-screens. Even two-or-three-year-olds know how to take a selfie too, and play games via mobile apps. While technology is great as it makes every next generation smarter, we can’t help but miss the good old times, when kids were just being kids — simpler wants equals to supreme happiness.

From hugely popular photographer Andy Seliverstoff of St. Petersburg, Russia, comes this utterly charming collection of just what the titles says — little kids and the big dogs they love.

Through the prism of Seliverstoff’s magic lens, impossibly big dogs (Great Danes, Saint Bernards, Leonbergers, Newfoundlands, Irish Wolfhounds, to name a few) and some rare ones (like Komondorok and Bracchi Italiani) telegraph the special relationships they have with the children in their lives.

“The state of endless joy and mutual confidence – that has become the main idea of the series,” Seliverstoff says.

Children and Animals Photo Contest Winners“There are two things in the world that go unrivaled on the cuteness scale, animals and children. When coupled together, they’re formidable.This contest was such a treat. Each image was outstanding, which made my task of choosing winners very, very difficult. Well done to all of you for such beautiful images.” – Stacey L. Pearsall

“I’m not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, I work in history, I’m a storyteller.”
Sebastião Salgado

Chinstrap penguins on an iceberg located between the Zavodovski and Visokoi islands, South Sandwich Islands, November and December 2009.
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“No matter what you do, remember that learning the basics is key to your success.”
Hari Mahidhar

Would you believe that this a photo of onions? Hari Mahidhar was shooting spices for stock photography, and thought of portraying their textures in a unique manner.
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“The truth is, I get most of my inspiration from studying other cultures.”
Ralph Gibson

If Ralph has to be remembered by a single image, it would be with this photograph titled Priest Collar. “This image has a certain reality… a social and an abstract component… and could almost be in color,” he said.
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“Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance.”
Lewis Hine

This image, called Breaker Boys, became the most important proof in Hine’s war against child labour.
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Between Me & Iis an ongoing series of musings that Swapan has with his daily existence. They may be perceived by the impatient, untrained eye as snapshots, but look closer and you will see a measured and intuitive set of sophisticated responses to the visual arrangements around him, a celebration of the mundane.
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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
Ansel Adams

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“If a photograph is made, and no one sees it, is it then an image?” – Hope Cooke
Dr Alice Kandell

A large number of Alice’s photos include women and children. She manages to capture their inner world, and the quiet moments. One could argue that it comes easy because she is a woman herself. However, her photos show an intuitiveness, which perhaps allowed her to capture moments like this one of a woman with a basket, resting by the side of a path.
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“I want to see these photographs in books—the most beautiful set of books ever published.”
Edward Curtis

Simplicity is a striking feature that can be seen in most of Curtis’ photographs.
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“I want to make photography accessible to those who have the talent but not the means.”
David Zimmerman

David has collaborated with several Tibetans to preserve the legacy of their culture. He has even set up the Himalayan Art Center in Dharamsala to provide interested individuals the opportunity to learn photography, for free.
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“What is focus, and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?”
Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia drew heavily from biblical subject matter, and often photographed young children as angels. This image is titled I Wait and is a portrait of her niece Rachel Gurney.
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“Photography can have meaning beyond the image. I want to do something right with it.”
Dario Mitidieri

Mumbai, 1992: Two street children look at a Hindi film poster in one of the many cinemas at Grant Road.
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“The difficulty of making accurate drawings of minute objects led me to the cyanotype process.”
Anna Atkins

Anna Atkins pioneered the use of cyanotypes as photographic images and for scientific documentation.
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“In a country where most people cannot read nor write, images remain a tool of communication.”
Shahidul Alam

A girl looks on from an earthquake-stricken area of Pakistan occupied, Kashmir, in 2005.
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“The perceptive eye of the camera can certainly record all the mighty world.”
Roger Fenton

Valley of the Shadow of Death: Fenton’s most famous picture from the Crimean War is considered to be one of the most important photos of all time. He shot two nearly identical frames—one has the road full of cannonballs, while another shows a clear road. Some critics have speculated that Fenton deliberately placed them to enhance the photo.
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“Well-meaning critique makes you grow as person and helps you evolve as a photographer.”
Jagdish Agarwal

Amsterdam, 1986.
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“Photography is a child of numerous fathers. Hippolyte is one of them.” – H Michael Koetzle
Hippolyte Bayard

Self-Portrait as a Drowned Man, considered one of Bayard’s most important works.
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“I am going to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear of me again.”
Eadweard Muybridge

It took all of 12 cameras to capture the movement of the horse. The 12 shots were managed in less than half a second, and within 20 minutes, Muybridge developed the plates for visitors to admire.
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“I have this fire in me to create something new, and it grows bigger everyday.”
S Paul

A child clings to his mother as she prays along with a group of women during Muharram.
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